MovingOn Semiannual Newsletter Issue 20 Winter 08 Career Transition For Dancers celebrates On stage, a historic journey inside the American Musical rd its 23 Anniversary Jubilee with Clockwise from top left: Jane Krakowski & Cheyenne Jackson, West Side Story, ON BROADWAY! presented by Rolex Nan An & Zhengzhen Zhu, the full cast All photos: Richard Termine MovingOn The evening featured works by Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Susan Stroman, Agnes de Mille, Gower Champion, and Marius Petipa from The neon Broadway shows including West Side Story, Oklahoma!, Pippin, Crazy For You, Damn Yankees, The Pajama Game, and 42nd Street. Produced and Directed by Ann Marie DeAngelo, the star-studded lineup included performances by Herman Cornejo, Cheyenne Jackson, Jane lights were Krakowski, Bebe Neuwirth, Noah Racey, Xiomara Reyas and Karen Ziemba, plus a cast of sixty dancers. The evening’s host, Angela Lansbury, presented the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the World of Dance to Brian Heidtke. Mikhail Baryshnikov bright the presented the second award to Sono Osato, and announced that in her honor, her husband Victor Elmaleh donated $250,000 to increase her endowed scholarship fund to $1,000,000. Star of stage and screen Brooke Shields came to support her good friend Tommy Tune and presented him with the Rolex Dance Award. Mr. Tune used his acceptance speech as an opportunity night of to give an impromptu tap performance that inspired Ms. Shields and the rest of the evening’s artists to join him on stage for a grand finale performance showcasing an excerpt from Seesaw. Following the performance, over 730 patrons continued the festivities until October 27th 1am at the Hilton New York’s Grand Ballroom, styled by Dinner Chair Janice Becker. The highlight of the evening’s dinner included a live auction that raised over $110,000 from 12 lots prepared by Auction Chairs Denise Cobb and Ann Van Ness and their auction committee. to celebrate The evening was made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor Rolex Watch USA, and Underwriters Condé Nast Publications and The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation. The evening’s success was due largely to the dedicated efforts of 23rd Anniversary Chairs Anka K. Palitz and Allen Brill and Gala Chairs Victor Elmaleh, Victoria Herbert, Michele Riggi, dancers and Yolanda Santos, Susan Fawcett Sosin, and Laura Zeckendorf, as well as the many hard working Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Gala Leadership Committee. We would also like to thank the over 2,300 supporters who helped raise the the Great money to help continue our vital services for dancers across the nation. President’s message White Way Warm up with Winter Heat at New York By Cynthia Fischer Just when you need a break from the cold and gloom of a New York winter, our Winter Heat event will be held on March 9, 2009. The joint event with City Center Boys and Girls Harbor has become enormously popular, and sells out every year. So, don’t wait to order your tickets. ON BROADWAY! reunited audiences with some of their favorite Broadway choreographers and raised over $1,084,000 for the organization’s programs Our family has come to look forward to this evening of good food, good music and non-stop dancing. The event is more popular every year, and we’ve moved and services. to larger and even more elegant quarters at the fabled Rainbow Room at 2 Winter 2008 Clockwise from top left: Angela Lansbury, Xiomara Reyes & Herman Cornejo, choreography by Marius Petipa; Karen Ziemba & Noah Racey, choreography by Susan Stroman; West Side Story, choreography by Jerome Robbins; Curtis Holbrook, Mary Macleod, & Alex Sanchez, choreography by Bob Fosse (All photos: Richard Termine) 3 Winter 2008 Clockwise from top left: Elena Zahlmann & Terence Duncan, choreography by Agnes de Mille; Tommy Tune; Damn Yankees, choreography by Bob Fosse; Bebe Neuwirth, David Warren Gibson, & Pam Sousa, choreography by Bob Fosse; Brooke Shields & Tommy Tune (All photos: Richard Termine) 5 MovingOn Clockwise from top: West Side Story, choreography by Jerome Robbins (Photo: Richard Termine); Jill Adler, Allen Brill, Emily Adler, Amy Bermant Adler, & Elliott Adler; Cynthia Gregory, Sono Osato, & Virginia Johnson (Photo: Patrick McMullan); Denise L. Cobb, Caitlin Carter, & Ann Van Ness (Photo: Patrick McMullan); Brooke Shields & Allen Brill (Photo: Patrick McMullan); Sono Osato & Mikhail Baryshnikov (Photo: Patrick McMullan) 6 MovingOn Career Transition For Dancers The Caroline & Theodore Newhouse Center for Dancers Cynthia Gregory Visit us online Chairman Emerita Visit our new website with enhanced career resources, Caroline H. Newhouse and let us know what you think: (1910-2003) careertransition.org Luigi Gasparinetti Mailing list (1942-2002) If you would like to provide Sanford I. Wolff feedback or have your name (1915-2007) added to our mailing list, email [email protected] Directors Emeriti MovingOn has been generously Edward Weston underwritten by Screen Actors’ (1925-2006) Guild — Producers Industry Founding Chairman Advancement and Cooperative Fund Ann Barry Founding Director MovingOn is supported in part by The Liman Foundation Board of Directors Selected services are supported, Cynthia Fischer in part, by public funds from the President New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Judith Anderson From top left: Roberta Silbert, Denise L. Cobb, Cynthia Gregory, Janice Becker, Allen Brill, Vice President Tommy Tune, Anka K. Palitz, Michele Riggi, Cynthia Fischer, Ann Van Ness, Victoria Herbert, Brian Heidtke & Yolanda Santos (Photo: Richard Termine); Patricia J. Kennedy, LTC Patrick Mahaney, & Stephanie Secretary / Treasurer Special thanks to NYSCA Mahaney (Photo: Jerry Ruotolo); Allen Brill, Anka K. Palitz, Tommy Tune, & Brian Heidtke (Photo: Jerry Janice Becker for its support Ruotolo); William Lie & Laura Zeckendorf (Photo: Patrick McMullan) Joseph P. Benincasa Elaine F. Brodey Robert M. Carr Caitlin Carter Denise L. Cobb C.C. Conner The National Outreach Projects John P. Connolly for 2008 are underwritten, in Mercedes Ellington part, by the Bossak-Heilbron Myrna Felder, Esq. Foundation and the National David Goldring Endowment for the Arts Nora V. Heiber Denise Jefferson Florence B. Kahn Lourdes Lopez Nancy S. MacMillan Anka K. Palitz Karin Schwalb Roberta Silbert Career Counseling is supported Jae Je Simmons in part by the New York Michael Terlizzi Community Trust Terry Walker Lori Rosecrans Wekselblatt Mary Lou Westerfield Laura Zeckendorf Alexander J. 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